Stamp-holder and stamper



(No Mbdel.) J. H. DYNES.

STAMP HOLD-ER AND STAMPER.

No. 535,822. Patented Mar. 19,1895.

NITED STATES PATENT FFYICE.

JOHN H. DYNES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

STAMP-HOLDER AND STAM PER.

SPEG IFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,822, dated March19, 1895.

Application filed April 2, 1894- Serial No. 506.065. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. DYNEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Stamp- I-Iolder and Stamper, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the method of and means forapplying stamps to envelopesand other mail-matter, and at the same timeto furnish a convenient way of keeping stamps when carrying them in thepocket, and to have them ready for use and easily and quickly applied.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thepocket stamp holder and stamper closed. Fig. 2 is a view of the same,opened so as to show its construction.

Said holder consists of a frame D provided on three sides with flangesii for holding the stamps, which are contained in a column in frame D,and have the gummed side downward. 0 represents a cover of leather orsome other suitable flexible material attached near its center to theback of the frame D, and

adapted to fold on both sides of the frame in the form of a book cover,and held closed by means of an elastic cord or band P. H is a block orfollower, firmly attached atits center to the inner surface of the cover0, and fitting inside of the frame D so as to rest upon the stamps andadapted to press the column of stamps down upon the moistened envelope.

The method of using this device is as follows:-Moisten the corner of theenvelope and then place the same under the stamp receptacle D and pressdown upon the upper cover. The follower causes the lower stamp to adhereto the envelope which may then be drawn out. Having described myinvention, what I

